| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [pron] were [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] | 272 |
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| 2 | [pers pn] were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 266 |
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| 3 | [pron] were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 261 |
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| 4 | [pron] were [v-ing] a [adj] [noun] | 201 |
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| 5 | they were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 124 |
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| 6 | they were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 122 |
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| 7 | we were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 81 |
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| 8 | we were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 80 |
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| 9 | [pron] were [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] | 58 |
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| 10 | you were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 38 |
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| 11 | you were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 38 |
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| 12 | [pron] were have a [adj] [noun] | 32 |
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| 13 | [pron] were given a [adj] [noun] | 31 |
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| 14 | [pron] were give a [adj] [noun] | 31 |
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| 15 | [pron] were [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] | 30 |
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| 16 | [pron] were having a [adj] [noun] | 29 |
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| 17 | [pron] were [verb] a new [noun] | 19 |
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| 18 | [pron] were [verb] a new [noun] | 19 |
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| 19 | who were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 18 |
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| 20 | [Wh pn] were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 18 |
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| 21 | who were [verb] a [adj] [noun] | 18 |
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| 22 | [pron] were [verb] a [adj] time | 16 |
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| 23 | [pron] were [verb] a [adj] time | 16 |
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| 24 | [pron] were [verb] a good [noun] | 15 |
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| 25 | [pron] were [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] | 15 |
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| 26 | [pron] were [verb] a good [noun] | 14 |
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| 27 | [pron] were getting a [adj] [noun] | 14 |
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| 28 | [pron] were get a [adj] [noun] | 14 |
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| 29 | [pron] were make a [adj] [noun] | 13 |
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| 30 | [pron] were making a [adj] [noun] | 13 |
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